Classical Pursuits is very excited to be mentioned in the recently published 100 Places in Spain Every Woman Should Go by Patricia Harris. Patricia’s chapter on the Camino and its history features Ann’s experience of walking the entire Camino Francés in 2010. Ann’s six weeks on the road inspired her to […]
Convivium
The Beauty of What We Don’t Know
[Editor’s note: We are thrilled to have Rosemary Gould return to Toronto Pursuits. Whether you are a longtime reader of these poets or want to read and discuss more poetry but are not sure how to jump in, this seminar is for you. Rosemary wants to approach the poems in […]
Knowledge and the Search for Meaning in Five Classic Films
[Editor’s note: In this guest post, Toronto Pursuits 2017 leader David Schmitt gives us a glimpse of the five films participants will watch and discuss in his seminar Cinema and the Art of Concealment and how these films challenge us to take a second look at what we know, and […]
Discussing “Our Mutual Friend” with Classical Pursuits
[Editor’s note: This post by longtime Classical Pursuits leader Nancy Carr was originally published on the Great Books Foundation website. Thanks to Nancy and the GBF for letting us post it here.] Last month I spent fifteen hours, spread over five days, leading a group of thirteen people discussing a […]
Open House at Laurel Bookstore
Bay Area book lovers are invited to join us at the Classical Pursuits open house at Laurel Bookstore in downtown Oakland, California. Drop in to chat with other travelers, grab some snacks, enter our raffle to win excellent books, and learn what Classical Pursuits has in store for our 2017 […]
Cuba Photo Contest Winners
Congratulations to Victor Levin and Pat Yates, winners of our photo contest for the Travel Pursuit Literary Cuba: What Now? What Next? A Country in Transition. Cuba offered no end of vibrant and interesting scenes to photograph. George Stevens, founder of the American Film Institute, says that “Cuba incorporates the […]
Splendid Isolation: The Allure of Iceland
A guest post by Mark Cwik A friend recently asked me to name three things that keep drawing me back to Iceland. The first two were easy and have remained the same through each trip I’ve made. First is the place itself, its wild beauty—mountains, volcanoes, glaciers, fjords, waterfalls, hot […]
The Latest Issue of Convivium
Travel with classical painter Sean Forester, follow Ann’s trip to Cuba, and hear pianist Jeremy Denk at the Toronto Summer Music Festival. It’s all in the March 30 issue of Convivium!
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN—More Than Mojitos
In just a few days Ann will be following in the footsteps of Pope Francis, Barack Obama, and the Rolling Stones. She is off on our first-ever Travel Pursuit to Cuba. As she was reading and packing she realized she needed a crash course in Cuban history and so prepared […]
GETTING TO KNOW YOU—Toronto Pursuits Leader Nella Cotrupi
Nella Cotrupi is a lawyer and educator whose work has focused on the social and ethical engagements of literature. She has led many seminars at Toronto Pursuits and Travel Pursuits to Sicily and Trieste/Croatia. This July, she is leading Migration and Metamorphosis in Nabokov’s Pnin and Hill’s The Book of […]